Hello one and all

I am new here and so I am seeking your help. How would I be able to get an outlook style sidebar as attached done in strataframe? If anyone have the sample code it would be appreciated.

Also, how are tabs done in strataframe?

I use the ThemedLinkMenu as sidebar for navigation in my applications. In the attached screenshot I have used a ThemedSplitContainer and two ThemedLinkMenus to get a somewhat similar look, and still only use the Strataframe controls.

The menu captions are in Danish, but hopefully You can get some inspiration.

/Teddy

As I thought about this more, using a UserControl is overkill. Then I see Teddy's post, which is very close to what I was thinking. As Teddy suggested just build it on the form and I'd do it very similar to how Teddy is doing it.



I'd start with a ThemedPanel to hold everything else, and to make resizing of the entire set of controls easy.



Then I'd try adding how ever many labels I needed for buttons (I think I'd get more control over formatting of the labels than buttons...but buttons could work too). I'd dock these controls to the bottom.



Then I'd add a PanelManager and dock it to fill.



For each button, add a page to the Panel Manager. Add code in Click event handler of each button to show the appropriate page.



Finally, on each page add a ThemedLinkMenu and add appropriate items. Then add handlers to those items to actually do what you need done.



Hopefully that made sense and will get you started!